Detumesce

//diːtjuːˈmɛs// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To leave the erect, sexually aroused state. intransitive
  2. 2
    To lose one's sexual arousal: to experience the detumescence of one's sexual organs. intransitive
  3. 3
    To cause (a person) to detumesce: to induce detumescence. transitive

Etymology

From de- + tumesce.

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